Is Cancer Cachexia Attributed to Impairments in Basal or Postprandial Muscle Protein Metabolism?

Cachexia is a significant clinical problem associated with very poor quality of life, reduced treatment tolerance and outcomes, and a high mortality rate. Mechanistically, any sizeable loss of skeletal muscle mass must be underpinned by a structural imbalance between muscle protein synthesis and bre...

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Published in:Nutrients
Main Authors: Horstman, Astrid M. H., Olde Damink, Steven W., Schols, Annemie M. W. J., van Loon, Luc J. C.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: MDPI 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997412/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27537909
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu8080499
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